Norfolk: Thornage

William White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk 1845

THORNAGE, a pleasant village, 2½ miles S.W. of Holt, has in its parish 325 souls, and 1338A. 2R. 21P. of land, of which 1088 acres are arable.

Lord Hastings owns most of the soil, and is lord of the manor and patron of the Church, which has a nave, chancel, tower, and north porch. The rectory, valued in the King's Book at £6. 18s. 4d., and in 1831, at £480, with that of Brinton annexed to it, is in the incumbency of the Rev. Augustus Dashwood, who has here 35A. 1R. 1P. of glebe, and a good residence. The tithes of Thornage were commuted, in 1839, for £248. 10s. per annum.

The communion plate is very ancient, and the cup is inscribed, "was the gyfte of John Butts (or Butes,) and Margaret, his wyfe - 1456." His family were long possessed of the manor; and one of them, Henry Butts, D.D., was vice-chancellor of Oxford University in 1629, but was found, soon afterwards, "hanging in his garters, in his own chamber." He was son of Sir Wm. Butts, physician in ordinary to Henry VIII.

         Clare      Joseph         bricklayer
         Cook       Wm. & R.       millers (& Glandford)
         Dashwood   Rev Augustus   Rectory
         Drew       George         grocer and draper
         Edmunds    James          beerseller
         Hunter     Thomas         tailor
         Ives       Robert         butcher
         Mann       John           iron and brass founder, and
                                     agricultural machine maker
         Murrell    Mrs Jane
         Newman     Peter          cattle dealer
         Pye        Wm.            baker and flour dealer
         Southgate  Thomas         blacksmith
         Strutt     Zanga          shopkeper
         Williams   Joshua         joiner and vict., Black Boy
 
            FARMERS.                  Shoemakers.
 
         Burrell    Hy.  Hall      Cushing    John
         Davy       Jonathan       Ives       Wm.
         Groom      Wm.            Williams   John
         Sheringham Valentine      Yarham     John
                      Daniel
         Williams   Thos.
 

See also the Thornage parish page.

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